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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,568, dated February12, 1884.

Application filed J uly 16, 1'883. (No model.)

had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

Figure l is a perspective view of this device with the cover open; Fig.2, a plan of the inside of the cover; Fig. 3, a plan of the inside ofthe body of the case Fig. 4, a detail oi'a corner,

. showing the covering crimped and ready to be applied 5 Fig. 5, adetail in section of the seat for the comb.

This invention relates to toilet-cases; and the novelty consists in themeans for holding the hand-mirror in place in the cover, in the meansfor holding the comb in the bodyor tray of the case, and in the iinishfor the corners of the case, and the device as awhole, all as will nowbe more fully set out and explained.

In `the accompanying drawings, A denotes the body or tray ofthe case,and A the cover. These are hinged together as usual.

In the cover A', beneath the ornamental 1ining a., are the side springs,b, overlapping the mirror B when in position in the cover, and thussecurely holding it in place.- At the sides of the handles are thespring-stays b', which will act as guides, and also prevent any sidemovement of the handle. These stays b could be made like the sidesprings, b, so as to prevent the handle from any downward movement whenthe case is shut; but' this is not at all essential.

In the body or tray A, beneath the ornamental lining c, are the curvedsprings 61,: which are intended to come over the handle of the brush E,and thus hold the brush in position.

The comb F is placed parallel with the brush in the seat formed of theinclined pieces g and the-spring h, so that when the comb is thrustbetween these parts it will b ered, its ends cut away to meet at theexact corner, with the piece 011l the adjoining side cut away in thelike manner. In -my device I can use one strip, I, for the entire baseA, and instead of cutting away the corner,

I bend the corner part in, and then crimp or tuck each side i', so as tomake an ornamental half-elliptical nish, i. The strip I,

being well covered on its-inner side with glue or likev material, can bereadily fashioned as above, and when the adhesive substance has dried,the corner t' will be about as firm as if it had a wire form beneath.AThe ends of the piece are matched at any desired place between thecorners.

In placing the mirror in its seat, it is only necessary to put its backflat upon the springs Z, which are so shaped that a slight pressure onthe mirror will thus cause them to open and allow the mirror to be putin position,

while in removing the mirror it is only necessary to take hold of thehandle and raise it upwardly, which action causes the sides of themirror-back to open the springs, and the mirror is thus readily freed.

I am aware that toilet cases have been made with springs for holding themirror and the brush in position, and I vdo not broadly claim suchconstruction as my invention.

What I do claim is- Q 1. In a toilet-case having a textile cover, I,uncut and folded at the corners z', as described, the'combination of thetray A, having the inclined comb-seat g h and spring, with the cover A',having mirror side springs, l), and the guides b-, all constructedsubstantially as described. l

2. In a toilet-case, the combination of the tray A, the .inclinedpartition or comb-seat g h, and the spring, substantially as described.

3. In atoilet-case, the tray A, having brushhandle springs d, and thecomb-seat gh, in combination with the cover A, having the mirror FRANZFickn.

Vitnesses: g

Or'ro WEBER, G. SoHULTnEis.

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